salt tree

salt tree
noun
spiny shrub of the Caspian salt plains and Siberia having elegant silvery, downy young foliage and mildly fragrant pink-purple blooms
• Hypernyms: ↑shrub, ↑bush
• Member Holonyms: ↑Halimodendron, ↑genus Halimodendron

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noun
1. : a small tree (Halimodendron argenteum) of the family Leguminosae growing in the Caspian salt plains and Siberia
2. : an East Indian tamarisk (Tamarix orientalis) with frequently salt-encrusted twigs

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salt tree,
1. a leguminous tree with white, pinnate leaves, growing in central Asia.
2. (in India) a species of tamarisk, the twigs of which are frequently covered with a slight efflorescence of salt.

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  • Salt tree — Salt Salt, a. [Compar. {Salter}; superl. {Saltest}.] [AS. sealt, salt. See {Salt}, n.] 1. Of or relating to salt; abounding in, or containing, salt; prepared or preserved with, or tasting of, salt; salted; as, salt beef; salt water. Salt tears.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • salt-tree — paprastasis druskakrūmis statusas T sritis vardynas apibrėžtis Pupinių šeimos dekoratyvinis augalas (Halimodendron halodendron), paplitęs Azijoje ir pietryčių Europoje. atitikmenys: lot. Halimodendron halodendron angl. Russian salt tree; salt… …   Lithuanian dictionary (lietuvių žodynas)

  • salt tree. — See athel tree. [1815 25] * * * …   Universalium

  • salt tree. — See athel tree. [1815 25] …   Useful english dictionary

  • Tamarisk salt tree — Tamarisk Tam a*risk, n. [L. tamariscus, also tamarix, tamarice, Skr. tam[=a]la, tam[=a]laka, a tree with a very dark bark; cf. tamas darkness: cf. F. tamarisc, tamarix, tamaris.] (Bot.) Any shrub or tree of the genus {Tamarix}, the species of… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Russian salt-tree — paprastasis druskakrūmis statusas T sritis vardynas apibrėžtis Pupinių šeimos dekoratyvinis augalas (Halimodendron halodendron), paplitęs Azijoje ir pietryčių Europoje. atitikmenys: lot. Halimodendron halodendron angl. Russian salt tree; salt… …   Lithuanian dictionary (lietuvių žodynas)

  • Salt — Salt, a. [Compar. {Salter}; superl. {Saltest}.] [AS. sealt, salt. See {Salt}, n.] 1. Of or relating to salt; abounding in, or containing, salt; prepared or preserved with, or tasting of, salt; salted; as, salt beef; salt water. Salt tears.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Salt acid — Salt Salt, a. [Compar. {Salter}; superl. {Saltest}.] [AS. sealt, salt. See {Salt}, n.] 1. Of or relating to salt; abounding in, or containing, salt; prepared or preserved with, or tasting of, salt; salted; as, salt beef; salt water. Salt tears.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Salt block — Salt Salt, a. [Compar. {Salter}; superl. {Saltest}.] [AS. sealt, salt. See {Salt}, n.] 1. Of or relating to salt; abounding in, or containing, salt; prepared or preserved with, or tasting of, salt; salted; as, salt beef; salt water. Salt tears.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Salt bottom — Salt Salt, a. [Compar. {Salter}; superl. {Saltest}.] [AS. sealt, salt. See {Salt}, n.] 1. Of or relating to salt; abounding in, or containing, salt; prepared or preserved with, or tasting of, salt; salted; as, salt beef; salt water. Salt tears.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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